Reborn back to 1986

Chapter 55
I went crazy all morning, went home for lunch at noon, and spent the afternoon sleeping, so I was so energetic that I could watch the New Year's Eve at night.

It was nearly four o'clock, and Li Yan was woken up by Cui Yufeng after sleeping for three hours. She just opened her eyes in a daze, and before she could clearly see a black shadow that suddenly flashed in front of her eyes, her entire face was attacked.

"Hmm." The limp buttocks sat on Li Yan's face, and they even bounced up and down twice.The man whose face was flattened by the ravages hugged the little guy who was sitting on top of her head showing off his might, kissing and biting in his arms.

Cui Yufeng was standing in front of the floor table making dumplings. Seeing the little guy being bullied screaming 'wow', she yelled: "Okay, don't bite anymore. If you really make you cry, you won't be able to coax her well. Watch her carefully. , don't let her crawl around."

Li Yan teased the little doll to play around in circles on the kang, bowing her head and lying on her stomach like a dog barking, making little Li Jia laugh like a silver bell one after another.

Cui Yufeng and Wu Zhilan are making paper dumplings for the evening, with two kinds of fillings: sauerkraut meat and cabbage meat.It is faster for two people to work together, and the two covers have been wrapped in more than half an hour.Wrapped Yuanbao-shaped dumplings are stacked in neat rows on a square cover made of sorghum poles, and cloth (flour) is sprinkled on top and bottom to prevent them from sticking together.

Li Wuchang took Li Dazhong to the front mountain to visit his grandmother's grave, and he didn't come back until almost five o'clock.After sitting down for less than 10 minutes, Li Dacheng brought Li Dan and Li Yanming over to prepare for the new year together.

The place where the new year is received is on the small cat road more than ten meters away from the left side of the house facing east. Several people lit firecrackers and burned paper, and then Li Wuchang recited the elders who passed away in Changli and went home to celebrate the new year. If so, go back with Moshen.No one was allowed to look back during the process, and then a stick was placed horizontally in front of the gate, and a few pieces of paper were burned.The same rules apply in front of the door.Then he entered the house, burned incense, lit candles, and kowtowed in front of the altar where the genealogy was placed.The entire New Year's Eve ceremony is complete.

No matter how bad the relationship between Li Dacheng and his family is usually, as the eldest son, he still has to bring his children to participate in ceremonies like receiving the new year.This is a rule passed down from the older generation, even the most naughty daughter-in-law like Dai Guihua cannot interfere and stop it.

It is difficult to have the opportunity to get close to the eldest son and grandson on weekdays. Wu Zhilan seemed to be indebted to them, and brought out apples, pears, Mao Keer, peanuts, and sugar-like vegetables. He greeted the three of them to eat.Before leaving, everyone stuffed a bag.

Cui Yufeng has a lot of complaints about this kind of behavior of eating and taking. She feels that Wu Zhilan, a mother-in-law, is with their second family (the second child's family), but she has a big role (the eldest family) in her heart. The mother-in-law dare not say that she is very good, but she is also [-]% filial.And Dafener, from man to daughter-in-law, from old to young, how can anyone show more than the slightest bit of filial piety?Throughout the year, old men and old ladies never even ate a bite, let alone seeing their money.Sometimes they even come to the door to slap (head and cover face) and make (accusation) a meal, and all they have to do is beat them.

Although I felt psychologically unbalanced, but I didn't want to bear the joy of the New Year's Eve, so I didn't say anything, I did what I should do, and I still smiled (smile) without showing the slightest unhappiness.

On New Year's Eve, at nearly ten o'clock, Li Wuchang and Li Dazhong tied the tens of thousands of firecrackers they bought to the lantern poles in the yard, and lit the firecrackers with the cigarettes they were smoking. The sparks of 'Chila' spread upward rapidly until the first sound of firecrackers was set off.

The series of "crackling" sounds made the ears hurt, and the flames that exploded lit up the entire yard.

At the same time as the whip sounded, Li Dazhong also opened a bundle of magic bullets and lit them, and asked Li Yan to take one in each hand and shoot them towards the sky.With the sound of "swish", dazzling fireworks bloomed in the sky. Various colors reflected the night sky and illuminated the faces looking up on the ground.

After setting off the firecrackers, the paper dumplings were cooked. Cui Yufeng took out some and put them in a small bowl, and put them on the altar table for the ancestors. After setting the chopsticks, he opened the lid of the white wine bottle. Fill the glasses one by one.

After returning to the house, Li Wuchang picked up the wine glass and poured it on the ground, then knelt down and kowtowed three times, muttering about inviting his close relatives back home to eat and drink well.

Wu Zhilan also knelt beside her, begging her ancestors to bless her family with harmony and everyone's health in the new year.

Compared with her emphasis on the health of her family, Li Dazhong and Cui Yufeng are more realistic. Their begging words have more desires for money.

Li Yan was the last one to appear on the stage, but she actually felt a little uneasy in her heart. A person who has lived a new life dare not say that there are no ghosts in this world.Perhaps the strange powers and chaotic spirits are not just legends, otherwise, how can she explain the soul of a 30-year-old melon in her tender nine-year-old shell?

"Grandpa and grandma, grandpa and grandma, grandparents, your great-grandchildren kowtow to you, please bless your grandparents, parents, good health, good luck in everything, loving husband and wife, growing old together, forever united, New Year's Eve Good luck!"

Li Yan finished reading this series, took a breath, and said again: "Finally, please bless your great-granddaughter, I can learn progress and make money in the new year. Oh, by the way, and my sister Li Jia, we want her to be healthy, less sick, and eat more milk to grow taller. Alright, I'm done." After three kowtows, she got up from the ground and turned to the east room to wait for dumplings.

The four people behind them stared at each other, Cui Yufeng said to Wu Zhilan, "Mom, do you think our family has an extra big talker?"

Wu Zhilan nodded: "It's enough." It's no wonder it's not easy to be an ancestor, and it's really tiring to meet so many requirements.

Li Dazhong looked at Cui Yufeng, but he was thinking about another thing.Appears a little absent-minded.

Li Wuchang said: "Okay, I've kowtowed too much, let's go eat paper dumplings?"

Two minutes later, the steaming dumplings were served on the table, and the family of six sat around the kang table eating the New Year's Eve dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala.Time passed quickly, more than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The hour hand points to twelve o'clock, and as the New Year's bell rings on the TV, the new year begins!

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Yan, who had been watching the New Year's Eve until after two o'clock in the morning, was dragged out of bed by her mother Cui Yufeng.

"Get up, get up, and go to pay New Year's greetings to your aunt after dinner."

Li Yan put on her clothes sleepily, complaining silently in her heart, being a girl is only popular during New Year's greetings, why don't you usually pay so much attention to it?

Patriarchal thinking is particularly serious in rural people's minds.The idea of ​​having sons to carry on the family line has lasted for thousands of years. Didn't there be a difference in "Nong Zhang Nong Tile" in ancient times?Treating boys as beautiful jade and girls as tiles shows the difference between clouds and mud.

(End of this chapter)